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Data Scientist in Los Angeles, CA

Job title · Los Angeles, California

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
Los Angeles, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
116
Median offered wage
$117,842
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$117,842certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Data Scientist" and a worksite in Los Angeles.

Applications by fiscal year

1734FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1734FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202223
FY202320
FY202428
FY202534
FY2026*11
Certified (decided applications)
99.1%
Employers filing
69
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.8
  2. University of California, Los Angeles7
  3. Facebook, Inc.6
  4. Deloitte & Touche LLP5
  5. Spotter, Inc.4
  6. Flock Freight, Inc.4
  7. Google LLC3
  8. Vca Inc.2
  9. Compunnel Software Group, Inc2
  10. The University of Southern California2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $117,842; middle half $95,930 to $145,675 · median prevailing wage $94,078 (marker) · 110 applications.

$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I28
  2. Level II55
  3. Level III19
  4. Level IV13
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Data Scientist" appears on 15,134 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 4,321 employers for worksites in 1,204 cities; the median offered wage is $118,806, so the median in Los Angeles is 0.8% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
15,134
Employers nationwide
4,321
Cities with filings
1,204
National median offered wage
$118,806
Share of national filings in Los Angeles
0.8%
Cities with the most applications for Data Scientist
  1. New York City, NY1,392
  2. San Francisco, CA702
  3. Menlo Park, CA698
  4. Seattle, WA419
  5. Mountain View, CA415
  6. Sunnyvale, CA379
  7. San Jose, CA348
  8. Chicago, IL324
  9. Austin, TX320
  10. Houston, TX272
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Los Angeles job market

Los Angeles has 19,929 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,000 job titles and 4,329 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #13 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Los Angeles, all job titles
19,929
Job titles filed
7,000
Rank of Data Scientist in Los Angeles
13
Median offered wage in Los Angeles, all job titles
$107,869
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Los Angeles
  1. Software Engineer663
  2. Associate319
  3. Assistant Professor291
  4. Postdoctoral Scholar256
  5. Senior Associate169
  6. Designer165
  7. Software Developer162
  8. Assistant Project Scientist160
  9. Research Associate158
  10. Manager147
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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